See you this weekend at NingJS 2016!
I just arrived in Nanjing, China to meet with developers at this year’s NingJS conference! If you’re in town for the event, join us on Sunday at 15:40 for my Build a Better App with Mapbox...
View ArticleFind us at AWS Summit Beijing
We’re in Beijing this week for the AWS Summit Beijing! On Thursday, I’ll give a keynote about how we serve fast maps in China, where the Mapbox API has gotten eight times faster since launching in the...
View ArticleeScooter sharing with COUP in Berlin
COUP is an electric scooter sharing company that just launched their mobile app for iOS, using our mobile SDK.With the help of Mapbox Geocoding, riders in Berlin can now find and reserve the scooter...
View ArticleImagery alignment with telemetry
Anonymized location data from our mobile SDKs helps us continuously improve our maps. We use this data to discover missing streets, add turn restrictions, improve directions, and now to help our...
View ArticleCreate data from drone imagery
Mapbox Studio provides a powerful workflow of uploading and visualizing custom datasets. But what if the data you need is so recent or niche that a dataset doesn’t exist yet? If the data does exist,...
View ArticleMapbox is opening a Detroit office!
Mapbox is opening an office in Detroit! We have a new space in the Techstars Mobility Ford Field offices, located in Detroit’s thriving tech innovation corridor.Detroit is the heart of our mobility...
View ArticlePowering maps across all platforms with Mapbox GL
Mapbox GL Native is at the core of our Android and iOS SDKs. It’s written with portability in mind, allowing us to quickly roll out Qt support for automotive environments and most recently Unity 3d...
View ArticleThe Kharkiv Secondary City project mapathon
Only one week left before The Kharkiv Secondary City (2C) project mapathon where we will map the infrastructure of Kharkiv on OpenStreetMap to enhance the understanding and management of the city.I’ll...
View ArticleCelebrate Tour de Code with us!
We are excited to be a part of DCFemTech’s Tour de Code 2016, a month of women in tech events!We’re kicking things off with a party in the Mapbox garage on Friday, September 30. Come out to meet women...
View ArticleWorldView-4 launches Friday to bring us trillions of pixels
WorldView-4, a cutting edge imagery satellite, launches on Friday. Once in orbit and calibrated, it will collect up to 7 terapixels of ultra-high-res image data every day. WorldView-4 is the newest...
View ArticleMongoDB Compass launches with Mapbox
MongoDB, best known for their document-oriented database solutions, just launched maps inside of Compass. With Compass’s new GUI, you can quickly run ad hoc queries and visually explore your data on a...
View ArticleSee you at State of the Map in Brussels!
The global mapping community is converging on Brussels next week at State of the Map and the HOT Summit. We can’t wait to see everyone there!This will be the largest global State of the Map ever, with...
View ArticleWatch DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 launch live
Updated to reflect that the launch has been postponed to Sunday, September 18.WorldView-4, which we blogged about earlier this week, is slated to launch on Sunday!While fueling the Centaur upper stage...
View ArticleSOTM Asia Happy Hour
State of the Map Asia brings the Asian OpenStreetMap community together. Mapbox is hosting a Happy Hour to celebrate the progress OpenStreetMap is making and to hang out with the local community. We...
View ArticleSupporting Youth Mappers for malaria prevention in Kenya
The Mapbox Data Team continues to assist YouthMappers, now to map Kenya for malaria prevention. Youth Mappers is a global program of student mapping societies supported by USAID. This project uses data...
View ArticleNew imagery for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
As part of our commitment to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, we’ve updated more than 60,000 square kilometers of our basemap with new imagery.HOT uses this imagery to map existing infrastructure...
View ArticleAnnouncing Mapbox Cities
Mapbox Cities is a new mentorship program for cities that use data for urban challenges. To kick-off our new program, we are looking for three cities eager to gain smart insights for data-driven...
View ArticleMapping the Olympic refugee team's journeys
At Rio 2016, a team of refugee athletes competed for the first time in Olympic history. Originally from South Sudan, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and Iran, they represent the...
View ArticleFall cleaning
The team at Mapbox has been inventing mapping software for more than eight years. In February of 2011, we announced TileMill, our first map editor. Then in 2014, Young introduced Mapbox Studio Classic....
View ArticleUnder Armour launches with Mapbox Mobile
Under Armour just launched new versions of UA Record for iOS and Android with new maps using Mapbox Mobile, custom map styles, and precise satellite imagery. Now you can scout nearby topography and...
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